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Who was an important influence on Salman Rushdie?
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Gabriel García Márquez, Thomas Pynchon, G. V. Desani, P. G. Wodehouse and Saul Bellow influenced Salman Rushdie.
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What is Salman Rushdie quoted as saying?
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Famous quotations include: "The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to increase the sum of what it is possible to think. Books become good when they go to this edge and risk falling over it --when they endanger the artist by reason of what he has, or has not, artistically dared."
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How tall is Salman Rushdie?
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Salman Rushdie is 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
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Which educational institution did Salman Rushdie attend?
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Salman Rushdie went to school at King's College, Cambridge.
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Which popular book titles have been composed by author, Salman Rushdie?
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Popular books include -
- The Ground Beneath Her Feet
- Shame
- The Satanic Verses
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories
- Midnight's Children
- Grimus
- Fury
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Where was Salman Rushdie born?
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Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai.
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What awards has Salman Rushdie been nominated for?
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Award nominations include:
- Man Booker International Prize
- Man Booker Prize for "The Moor's Last Sigh"
- Man Booker Prize for "Shame"
- Man Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children"
- Man Booker Prize for "The Satanic Verses"